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28/03/2023

The National Party’s transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says the Labour Party’s latest announcement about EV charging is rushed and not costed. Brown says National will scrap the “ute tax” (Clean Car Fee) and provide a clear plan on how it will unlock investment in the EV charging network a...

19/05/2022

Mercedes-Benz New Zealand has recalled nearly 2,000 vehicles due to a concern with the fitted brake booster. The recall affects

29/03/2022

NZ'S NEW CLEAN CAR PROGRAM

Four days out from the implementaion of what is probably the biggest legislation change to ever hit the NZ motor industry & the industry collectively has very little as to what's happening exactly come Friday. 1 April.....Mmmmm.

It's a shameful implementation.

1) What will it cost next week to register a new Ford Ranger or a used (new import) Mitsubishi Outlander???
I doubt anyone knows for sure. The goverments 'Right Car' just says what the amount will 'probably' be.

2) How much rebate will I get if I purchase a new Hyundai IONIQ5 EV next week???
Cant say for sure but there may be no rebate at all !

3) If you are an big importer or a manufacturer how will the 'Clean Car Standard' balancing act actually work for you in reality??? Will NZTA review your years imports & if, on balance, you imported more 'bad' cars than 'good' will you be fined???
Nobody knows. There are no published details.

What I can say for lovers of newly imported American muscle & classics is that come Friday anything newer than 40 years old will cost an extra $2,875 at time of first registration. There is a small exemption that will cut some cars free, but very few. Classics older than 1982 will be free of new taxes (but be frowned on behind the scenes no doubt).

The AA says that the new Clean Car Program will result in our NZ fleet ageing, and as such will become less efficient & less safe. Oh dear. That sounds like a fail.

Maybe the Clean Car Program should be an initiative to get everyone to clean & polish their old cars, keep driving them & replacing their daily drivers as they currently do? Taxing the hell out of sub-20k cars that 80% of our population buy is a tough gig.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
Continuing to use something old (that may use more fuel) is environmentally better than buying something new. Oh, that's right, they don't consider the resources used to build a new car.

Rant over.

21/03/2022

The idiotic stunt ended with the car, unsurprisingly, written off...

31/01/2022

Electric vehicles have been subject to plenty of scrutiny about how often they catch fire, and the difficulty around taming

23/01/2022

All of New Zealand will move to Red at 11.59pm tonight, 23 January, in order to slow down and manage the spread of Omicron in the community.

Red is not lockdown. At Red businesses stay open and you can do most of the things that you normally do, if you are vaccinated. There are no regional boundaries at Red, and you can shop normally as all supermarkets and retail remain open.

🔴 Omicron case update

Nine COVID-19 cases reported yesterday in the Nelson/Marlborough region have now been confirmed as the Omicron variant, and a further case from the same household was confirmed late yesterday.

These cases flew to Auckland on 13 January to attend a wedding and other events. Initial estimates suggest there were well over 100 people at these events.

This cluster has already led to an additional infection of a fully vaccinated flight attendant who picked it up on flight 5083 on January 16th from Auckland to Nelson that the family was on.

That flight attendant has worked four additional flights while infectious. These flights are:

Flight NZ 5083 from Auckland to Nelson at 5.20 pm on 16 January
Flight NZ 5080 from Nelson to Auckland at 4 pm on 19 January
Flight NZ 5077 from Auckland to Nelson at 2pm on 19 January
Flight NZ 5049 from Auckland to New Plymouth at 7.50 pm on 19 January
Flight NZ 5042 from New Plymouth to Auckland at 1.50 pm on 20 January

We don’t yet have a clear lead on the index case that links this family to the border, as we have with our other Omicron cases to date. That means Omicron is circulating in Auckland and possibly the Nelson Marlborough region if not elsewhere.

As we have seen elsewhere in the world Omicron is significantly more infectious and we will see far more cases than we have in the two years of the pandemic to date.

🔴 Boosters

The evidence from overseas is that boosters significantly reduce the likelihood of getting sick and needing to go to hospital, and also helps to reduce the transmission of the virus. Around 56% of those eligible for a booster have already had one, if you’re eligible now – go to BookMyVaccine.nz or find a walk-in vaccination clinic at https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19-vaccination/?options=walk-in

Here’s what you can do – get boosted, wear a mask in indoor settings and when out and about and reduce contact with others.

While we will now experience more cases of Covid-19 than we ever have before, most people will be able to recover at home.

Anyone with symptoms should isolate immediately and call Healthline (0800 358 5453) or your doctor to arrange a test. If you test positive, you will need to isolate for 14 days and your close contacts will need to isolate for at least 10 days.

Help and support, including financial support, will be available for people who are isolating. More information is available here: www.workandincome.govt.nz/covid-19/

We’ll share more information around life at Red in our next update.

Be calm, be kind, get boosted.

19/11/2021

Vehicle recalls are serious business. Sometimes they prevent fairly dire consequences, sometimes they emerge at the center of some great

13/10/2021

The government has announced new targets for electric vehicle uptake in New Zealand via a consultation document; the main goal

08/10/2021

In a unique update, the New Zealand Police have issued a warning to Toyota Aqua owners detailing how their otherwise

23/06/2021

Watch out for a scam email asking you to renew your rego. The email says "your licence plate number will expire" and provides an expiry date that's generally the same day the email was received.

If you get an email telling you it’s time to renew your rego, first check it’s from us—our emails will come from a .govt.nz or a .nzta.govt.nz address. Our emails will also include your plate number, vehicle make, and your current rego’s expiry date—the scam email often misses specifics like this.

If you reckon you’ve received a scam email, don’t click on it or reply to it—report it to us using our website: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/report-a-phishing-scam. You can also send it to us at [email protected] and we’ll let you know if it’s legitimate.

03/06/2021

01/06/2021